Fela Kuti

"Peace requires active participation"

"Nature provides all our answers"

"Art is documentation of the soul"

"Science must serve humanity"

"Music is the language of liberation"

"The music is just to make people dance and feel good, but the message is the important thing"

"When the music changes, so does the dance"

"I am not a politician, I am a musician of the people"

"Water cannot be cut with a knife, you cannot burn it and it cannot be destroyed"

"The problem with us Africans is that we have allowed ourselves to be defined by others"

"Suffering and smiling is better than suffering alone"

"I fight for the rights of my people every day through my music"

"A person who acts without conviction is like a ship without a sail"

"The struggle must be continuous if liberation is to be achieved"

"Music is the weapon of the future"

"Knowledge without action is mere philosophy"

"The system will always try to silence the truth-teller"

"I stand for the common people, not for the elite"

"Dance is the heartbeat of a culture"

"When you realize your power, you cannot be enslaved"

"The most beautiful thing is to see people united in purpose"

"Fear is the tool of oppression"

"Every song I write is a story of my people's struggle"

"The body must move to express what the heart feels"

"We are born free, but we must fight to remain free"

"Patience is the companion of strength"

"The truth may be bitter, but it will set you free"

"I believe in the power of collective action"

"Money cannot buy what music can give to the soul"

"The world needs more music and less war"